Adjustable mailbox standard

Abstract

A mailbox standard is presented which includes a hollow steel post, pointed at one end, for driving into the ground. A collar fits over the post and is adjustably secured thereto by means of a setscrew or the like. Extending upwardly and obliquely from the collar is a truss having an adjustable support bracket pivotally maintained at the end thereof. The support bracket is adapted for receiving various sizes of mailboxes in any of numerous positions of alignment with respect to the post itself. The invention also includes a collar maintained upon the truss for receiving a newspaper receptacle or the like.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A mailbox support assembly, comprising: a hollow post cut at a bias to form a point at a bottom end thereof for insertion into the ground;   a first collar adjustably mounted upon said post;   a truss obliquely connected to and extending from said collar; and   a support bracket connected to said truss and selectively positionable at an end thereof for receiving and maintaining a mailbox at an end of said truss, said support bracket including a base member connected to said truss and adjustable fingers at opposite ends of said base member for making secure engagement with various sizes of mailboxes.   
     
     
       2. The mailbox support assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said post is capped at a top end thereof. 
     
     
       3. The mailbox support assembly as recited in claim 1 which further includes a second collar maintained upon said truss and including means for securing a receptacle in alignment with the mailbox. 
     
     
       4. In a mailbox support assembly having a post for insertion into the ground, the improvement, comprising: a truss member;   a collar connected to said truss member at a first end thereof;   a support bracket selectively positionable upon said truss member at a second end thereof; and   wherein said truss member is obliquely connected to said collar at said first end and has a cap at said second end, said support bracket being bolted to said cap, and wherein said support bracket includes a base member bolted to said cap and adjustable fingers perpendicularly connected to said base member at opposite ends thereof.   
     
     
       5. The improvement as recited in claim 4 which further includes a truss collar maintained upon said truss and having means thereon for securing a receptacle.